Black profiles in courage
Subtitle: a legacy of African American achievement
By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Alan Steinberg ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Contributors: Steinberg, Alan, 1945-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow and Co.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: African Americans -- Biography; African Americans -- History
Genres: Biography.
Description: In Black Profiles in Courage, [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] focuses on extraordinarily courageous black men and women who typified the virtues of integrity, discipline, and self-respect. Taken together, their lives form a legacy from which African Americans of all ages can draw inspiration, wisdom, and pride. Some of these courageous heroes include Peter Salem - the slave, blacksmith, and volunteer soldier who turned the tide at Bunker Hill; Joseph Cinque - the leader of a.

Daring revolt on the slave ship Amistad; Frederick Douglass - a self-taught writer and orator who escaped slavery and became one of the most famous black leaders of the nineteenth century; Harriet Tubman - the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad, who was also a spy and scout for the Union Army; Lewis Latimera son of slaves, whose scientific work was integral to the achievements of Alexander Graham Bell, Hiram S. Maxim, and Thomas Edison.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index.